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The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Society's 2009 awards that recognize outstanding contributions to the field of women's health and menopause. Recipients were acknowledged during the NAMS 20th Annual Meeting, in San Diego, CA on September 30-October 3, 2009. NAMS appreciates the generous financial support of industry which has made many of these awards possible.
Awards were presented to six individuals recognizing their clinical contributions or scientific investigation. Recognition was also given to an outstanding media professional, four new investigators for their abstract submissions to the Annual Meeting, and ten medical residents who have demonstrated excellence in their work in the field of menopause. In addition, one current Menopause Practitioner credentialed by the Society was recognized and one award was given to the best paper published in the Society's journal Menopause.
Also view the 2009 Poster Prizes recipients.
The Society extends its congratulations to all of this year’s outstanding award recipients.
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Recognizing an individual whose research has made a contribution toward increasing the understanding of sleep and sleep disorders in peri- and postmenopausal women:
Paivi Polo-Kantola, MD, PhD, Turku, Finland
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Recognizing an individual whose research has made a contribution toward increasing the understanding of menopause-related vasomotor symptoms:
Rebecca C. Thurston, PhD, Pittsburgh, PA
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Recognizing an individual whose body of research has advanced the understanding of the role of hormone therapy—either estrogen alone (ET) or combined estrogen-progestogen (EPT)—for peri- and postmenopausal women:
David F. Archer, MD, NCMP, Norfolk, VA
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Recognizing an individual whose body of research has advanced the understanding of the role of vitamin D—either endogenous or exogenous—for peri- and postmenopausal women:
Michael F. Holick, MD, Boston, MA
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Award:Recognizing an individual whose research has advanced the understanding of perimenopausal contraception:
Regine Sitruk-Ware, MD, New York, NY
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Recognizing an individual whose research has advanced the understanding of the use of selective estrogen-receptor modulators (SERMs) in postmenopausal women for any indication, including but not limited to osteoporosis:
Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, Los Angeles, CA
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Recognizing a media professional whose body of work, through any consumer media outlet (ie, print, television, radio, Internet), has served to expand the knowledge and understanding of menopause:
Ms. Carolyn R. Schatz, Harvard Women’s Health Watch
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Recognizing the best paper published in the NAMS official journal Menopause during 2008:
Walter A. Rocca, MD, MPH, Rochester, MN
Long-term risk of depressive and anxiety symptoms after early bilateral oophorectomy
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Recognizing one current NAMS Certified Menopause Practitioner (NCMP) for outstanding work to their patients:
Wendy L. Wolfman, MD, NCMP, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Recognizing the outstanding abstract submissions of four investigators who have achieved their degree within the past seven years:
Adriana Aparecida F. Carbonel, MS, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Beth A. Prairie, MD, MPH, Pittsburgh, PA
Rebecca C. Thurston, PhD, Pittsburgh, PA
Pauliina Tuomikoski, MD, Helsinki, Finland
Recognizing a total of ten physicians who are currently in their residencies in obstetrics and gynecology or primary care who have demonstrated excellence in their work to date in the field of menopause:
Stacie H. Elfrink, MD, Oklahoma City, OK
Rebecca L. Flyckt, MD, Cleveland, OH
Jamie Kroft, MD, Toronto, ON, Canada
Trevin C. Lau, MD, Boston, MA
Deirdre Lum, MD, Berkeley, CA
Jennifer MacIsaac, MD, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Nkechinyere A. Nwaobasi, MD, Nashville, TN
Kyoko Okamura, MD, MPH, Boston, MA
Michael L. Sprague, MD, Louisville, KY
Pauliina Tuomikoski, MD, Helsinki, Finland
The top prize of $1,000 was awarded to Poster #LB-23, “The Association of Breast Arterial Calcification and Coronary Artery Disease; Preliminary Data From a Prospective Analysis,” from Presenting Author Peter F. Schnatz, DO of The Reading Hospital and Medical Center in Reading, PA
Three runner-up prizes of $500 each were also awarded:
- Poster #31, “Association of Framingham Cardiovascular Risk Scores with Rate of Decline in Verbal Fluency Among Community Dwelling Elders: The Rancho Bernardo Study from Presenting Author Gail A. Laughlin, PhD of the University of California San Diego in La Jolla, CA
- Poster #44, “Glucose Control is an Important Correlate of Menopause Symptoms in Women with Disabilities,” from Presenting Author Patricia A. Rouen, PhD of the McAuley School of Nursing at the University of Detroit Mercy and the University of Michigan’s School of Nursing at Ann Arbor, MI
- Poster #46, “Glucose Control is an Important Correlate of Menopause Symptoms in Women with Disabilities
” from Presenting Author Leah H. Rubin, MA of the University of Illinois at Chicago in Chicago, IL.
Congratulations to these individuals for their outstanding work. We encourage researchers to submit their abstracts for consideration for the 2010 Annual Meeting.
The online Abstract Submission Form will be posted in January 2010. The deadline for 2010 abstracts is April 30, 2010. |